Overview

A comparison of commonly available structural tubes for use in marine applications.

The table shows:

For each of 5 tubes of various materials and sizes:

The figure shows the same data and is interactive. Hover over any point for more information.

material Ix E S_100lb_6ft S_100lb_5ft S_100lb_4ft S_100lb_3ft S_100lb_2ft price_ft area_in dens_lbs_in3 weight_ft
1.5x0.125FRP 0.129 5655000 1.066 0.617 0.316 0.133 0.039 7.50 0.540 0.064 0.415
1.75x0.125FRP 0.212 5655000 0.649 0.375 0.192 0.081 0.024 8.20 0.638 0.064 0.490
2x0.25FRP 0.537 5655000 0.256 0.148 0.076 0.032 0.009 15.80 1.374 0.640 10.552
1.5x0.06SS 0.071 27985000 0.391 0.226 0.116 0.049 0.014 16.00 0.293 0.289 1.016
1.5x0.095ALU 0.104 9860000 0.758 0.439 0.225 0.095 0.028 31.75 0.419 0.098 0.490

Session Information

R version 4.2.3 (2023-03-15 ucrt)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 19045)

Matrix products: default

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attached base packages:
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